Dave Bryce

Excellent! Thanks to Gerard, Dano and stuffy for standing up and saying hey! Always great to meet more of the people in the forum. ...and stuffy, you totally belong here. You're a musician, and you dig hi-tech toys - that's pretty much the admission fee. We welcome your participation, and your point of view. Oh, yeah, about the fact that you say that you suck...if you're enjoying yourself, then you don't suck. Who else are we missing? Anybody? Bueller? Anybody? dB

Welcome, Phil and Keith! Glad to have you here, guys. Anyone else want to sign our little "guest book"? Any lurkers in da house? C'moooon...we won't hurt ya... dB

Llarion: The Journey - peaceful piece of music. I like the way that it developed - very even. Interesting chord changes, too. I especially liked the high bell part...groovin' bass line as well. Footsteps - Nice 3D production, more great chord changes and interesting voicings. Your bass lines are a really strong foundation that the other parts off of very nicely, Phil. Tasteful guitar solo over a really nice 12 string/synth string bed. Legacy #5 - very smooth and soothing. Tight rhythm parts. Once again, the bassline is my favorite part. One or two of the fills sounded a bit-drum-machiney, but very nice drums besides that. Great work, sir! dB

I really like this tune, Steve. It made me think of a panning shot through space. The trem string line was very tasteful, and the soundscape in general is impeccably assembled. Very cool. dB

Hamadryad: Amora Demonis - Wow! Genesis meets Gentle Giant by way of Dream Theater, Rush and Uriah Heep. Wild piece of music. My kind of good time... Second Round - No Genesis influence here http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif...the vocal part is way Gentle Giant, too. Shades of Blue - reminded me more of Rush than the other tunes - still has that Gentle Giant groove. Way interesting stuff, Andy! Really nicely and professionally produced as well.

Bassment: Back to Ninevah - loved the bass line, kept waiting for the drums to kick in (which they did at 2:40). The vocals are a nice part, but their production kinda sounds a touch "canned". As you said, it's hard to put a finger on the style. Heavy Water - much more my speed. Nice sounding synthesizer parts (!). Very creative arrangement and orchestration. I liked the lyrics as well. Lover - real drums! Very '60s psychedelic. Did I hear tape hiss??? Love the wah-wah guitar... Very cool, Rob! dB

Kosmolith: Jantar - makes me think of Gilbert and Sullivan. Kinda dark, very classic, terribly interesting and heady. Daughter of the Left-Handed Czar - Sounded more like an invention with occasional chords than it did a fugue. Nice stuff, Cameron! dB

For those of us with short attention spans and/or tight time constraints, are there two or three overall that you feel you'd like folks to listen to more than some of the others? Also, I suggest that you omit whichever one that you're gonna submit to the CD (if you haven't already), since it'll get it's own thread. Thanks, Phil... dB

I'm raising this to the top as promised in another thread. It's a good thing - it's been a while since I dug into some of these. I encourage any of you who are interested to do so as well. dB

...and I never got a chance to thank Steve Buckman and Marshall for jumping in, either...really glad to have both of you guys on board... ...and I'm perfectly happy to take the rap for you're owning an Andy, Marshall...it doesn't hurt that much, does it? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif dB

I notice that we have some newcomers to the forum, so I thought I'd raise this thread to the top in case they wanted to introduce themselves, or maybe just get some backgrounds on some of the other folks who post here. C'mon guys - don't be shy... dB

Nice! http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/wink/thumb.gif Thanks, Dan! dB

...and the hits just keep on coming... Albert, John and my good friend Mr. Wallace - thank you all for taking the time to introduce yourself. It is really nice to have the opportunity to know more about the people who post here. C'mon, DanSouth - we're waiting for you, my brother... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif dB

Cool! Very glad to see more people posting on this thread! Greetings, feclicitations and welcome to Roland, Steve, Sudeep, Mark, Don and Geoff. I'm really glad to have you guys spending time here. Steve, lemme know when you're back in SoCal - I figure I at least owe you lunch for the deleted post... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/eek.gif dB

I've noticed that we've gotten quite a few newcomers to the forum recently. I'd love to have you sign our "guest book", if you wish.... dB

Raising this to the top, as promised in the Songwriters thread. If you want to solicit people's comments on your stuff, the best results seem to come when you listen to some of the other material posted here and let folks know what you think... dB

Kenny Garrett is a great guy, and a ridiculously talented musician - mumbles when he speaks English, but is totally fluent in Japanese. He and I climbed the snake path down the side of Masada together in Israel... Hmmm - the majority of stories that I have from the tour are...shall we say...not necessarily fit for public consumption... Here's a good one...we were on the bus driving from Pennsylvania to Richmond after doing a gig at the Devon Music Fair. I'm sitting up on the bus, talking to Miles at about 4 in the morning because everyone else is sleeping, and he decides that he wants to listen to Electric Ladyland. We put it on, and I make some comment about how Hendrix was totally great, and I'm surprised that Miles digs him. Miles reaches into a bag, pulls out a postcard -sized picture of Jimi, and hands it to me. I turn it over, and it's signed "Chief - thanks for everything. You're the best! Jimi." Like an idiot, I say "You knew Hendrix???" Miles rasps, "Yeah - he was a dumb muthafucker...wasted his life". All of a sudden, I realize who I'm hanging with...major Kodak moment. dB

...and the list continues to grow! Murph, Barrett, Tony, Paul, Steve, and both Mikes - we'll be calling you all as Kevin from now on... (with Aussie accent) Michael Baldwin - Bruce, Michael Baldwin - Bruce... ...sorry - I can never resist a Monty Python reference... Also, we'd like to welcome young Miles to the forum - where's his red trumpet? Seriously - I really appreciate you guys taking a bow. Thanks for hanging! Murph - Jenna Jameson? I had you pegged for an Asia Carrera guy... dB

Woah Dave, you played with Miles, I had no idea, I need to check out more of your music. Although I was lucky enough to be able to jam with Miles a few times (once privately!), I did not play with the band on the tour - I was the keyboard tech. I'm not really much of a jazz player...I had a friend who was doing sound for the band, and he asked me to do the tour because the keyboard rigs had gotten pretty intense, so they needed someone who was familiar with them. I couldn't resist the opportunity to do a world tour with Miles Davis... I was out with them for the Tutu tour. The band at the time was Miles, Darryl Jones on bass, Robert Erving III and Adam Holzman on keys, Foley on "lead bass", Kenny Garrett on sax, Mino Cinelu on percussion, and Ricky Wellman on drums. I teched Miles, Adam and Bobby's keyboard rigs, and Mino's electronic percussion rig. It was a hell of an experience. I got some stories... dB

` I listened to the first two tunes; and I quite liked them both. Mojo, despite the fact that it uses that boom-chick boom-chick drum beat that so many people seem to feel is necessary in dance music, is very cool also! I thought that the piece was very well recorded and arranged. Loved the little piano part...also, I didn't find the piece to be that dark...or progressive...just a very nice, danceable tune. Look To The Future is also very interesting - I am especially intrigued because it was done entirely in Reason. Very interesting drum parts and choice on synth lines. Somewhat related rant brought on by the TR808 handclaps - I wonder what it will take for people to get over the sound of that thing? Is it really that necessary? I realize that this comment may be somewhat sacreligious to you dance guys, but it just seems so cliche to me. There were so many other cool drum machines released in the 80's - haven't we had our fill of that one piece of equipment? I swear, if I hear that bleeding cowbell one more time, I'm gonna go postal... http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/violent/uzi.gif dB

This is turning into quite the popular thread, and is totally achieving what I was seeking. Thank you all for participating! Michael, Tom, Ken (mmmmmm...cheesesteak...that's an awful thing to do to a Philadelphian in LA, dude!), Faruk, and Carlo (who has been posting and apologizing for his English since the early days of the forum), my sincere thanks for being here. Aren't there any more Kevins? http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/laughing/astrosmiley.gif And how come we don't have any women? Are you lurking and just not posting? dB

Hey - How come more of you aren't checking these tunes out? There's some really interesting stuff here, guys...are you listening but just not commenting? Doncha have MP3 players? They're free at MP3.com... The Introductions thread is a bunch of fun, but the music that people are posting is really a much deeper way of getting to know the people on this forum. Like the old Alka-Seltzer ad used to say: Try it - you'll like it!!! http://www.mpz.co.uk/cwm/otn/happy/splitspin.gif dB

Steve - Lotta tunes up there...can you point us towards one or two that you really dig? Thanks, dB

Ahhh - it was okay for the 70's...awful place to see a concert, though. Re: the Concerto - you are a madman, dude. Bach meets Handel in a big way...The first movement had that opening line that made me think of Copeland, but then it went straight for JSB...the second movement sounds like something out of the Brandenburg concertos - loved the harpsichord (that was what made me think of Handel). The third movement seemed to recall a bit of the flavor of the first movement, but then it took a real nice turn at the brass choir part. Extremely imaginative and creative work, sir. It is refreshing and inspiring to hear someone doing compositions in this vein. Bravo! http://www.mpz.co.uk/cwm/otn/happy/cheers.gif dB